Victor angerer



{No Model.)

V. ANGERER.

COMBINED FOOT AND BRAGE FOR RAILWAY RAILS. 8

No. 483,889. Patented 001;. 4, 1892,

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

VICTOR ANGERER, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO THENVILLIAM WHARTON, J R., AND COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

COMBINED FOOT AND BRACE FOR RAILWAY-RAILS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 483,889, dated October 4, 1892.

Application filed May 16, 1892. seriaina isalss. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, VICTOR ANGERER, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, have invented an Improved Combined Foot and Brace for Railway-Rails, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to construct a combined foot and brace for railway-rails.

My inventionis especiallyadapted for use in connection with the rail for which application for patent was filed by Edward Samuel on the 14th day of December, 1891, Serial No. 414,937; but it will be understood that my invention can be applied to certain other forms of rails as well.

In. the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a perspective view showing my combined foot and brace applied to a rail. Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view of the rail, showing the foot and brace attached; and Fig. 3 is a view of a blank from which the combined foot and brace is formed.

The rail shown in the accompanying drawings has a head, web, and one base-flange, which projects only from one side of the web and is preferably situated on the inner side of the rail. At each cross-tie a combined foot and brace-piece is secured to the rail, this foot first cut to the shape shown in Fig. 3, an incision is made on the line a, the several boltholes 17 are punched or drilled, and the spikeholes 0 in the base are also punched or drilled. The blank is then bent upward on the line a: to form the wing O at right angles to the base B, and the wing D is then formed by bending it upward at right angles-to the brace portion E on the line y. The wing D is so located in respect to the wing Othat when the brace A is bent upward on the line ,2 at a right angle to the base B said wing D will bear against the wingO, as shown clearly in Fig. 2. The bolt-holes b in the wing C will be inline with the lower holes in the wing D, so that suitable bolts fcan be passed through the various holes I) and through openings in the web of the rail.

Besides providing an extended base for the rail, the device has the brace A, which extends upwardly from the base, soas to abut against the rail, and thus effectually resist transverse strains upon the rail. The baseflange of the rail also rests upon the cross-tie, so that downward movement of the rail, such as would cause shearing action on the bolts f f, is prevented.

The combined foot and brace above described is very readily made from sheet metal with little or no waste and can be manufactured without the use of special machinery.

One or other of the wings O D may be omitted in some cases.

I claim as my invention- 1. A combined rail, foot, and brace having a base for bearing on the tie, overlapping vertical wings, to both of which the web of the rail is secured, and a brace-flange tying one of the wings to the base, the whole being made 'of one piece of sheet or plate metal, substantially as described.

2. The within-described blank for a rail, foot, and brace, said blank being of the shape shown in Fig. 3 and having anincision a and holes I) and c, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

VICTOR ANGERER.

Witnesses:

W. J. BURNS, HARRY SMITH. 

